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vermiform

Pronunciation:  'vurmu`form

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Matching Terms:  vermiform appendix, vermiform process, vermiformia

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical
 
 Synonyms: formed, worm-shaped
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ver"mi*form\, a. [L. vermis a worm + -form.]
Resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the
vermiform process of the cerebellum.

{Vermiform appendix} (Anat.), a slender blind process of the
   c[ae]cum in man and some other animals; -- called also
   {vermiform appendage}, and {vermiform process}. Small
   solid bodies, such as grape seeds or cherry stones,
   sometimes lodge in it, causing serious, or even fatal,
   inflammation. See Illust. under {Digestion}.

 

 

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